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People's Choice TV Nominations Dominated By 'Glee' and 'Vampire Diaries'

The former Baywatch beauty wants devotees to join her and Glee star Lea Michele in signing an online petition for the New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets organisation in a bid to persuade Mayor Michael Bloomberg to outlaw the traditional carriage ride.
Two horses have collapsed within days of one another while transporting passengers across Manhattan and Anderson wants something done about it before the tourist attraction claims the life of another mammal.
In a post on her Facebook.com page, she writes, "For the second time in less than two weeks, a carriage horse has collapsed on a Manhattan street. Horses do not belong in a congested, urban setting where they are constantly breathing exhaust and sharing the streets with cars, buses and taxis."
Fellow animal lover Michele drew attention to the issue by penning an open letter to Bloomberg last month (Oct11) after hearing about how one carriage horse collapsed during a walk in Central Park.

The former E.R. star borrowed the diamond and emerald-encrusted piece from designer Mimi So to wear to the L'Oreal Paris Legends Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, but the bracelet fell off her wrist.
Michele became upset and enlisted the event's security guards to help her search for the piece.
She told New York Post gossip column Page Six, "That piece is worth a quarter of a million dollars!... Mimi is one of my dear friends. So at least I know she won't sue me tomorrow."
The bracelet was eventually found on the stairs of the venue and handed in to the security team, who returned it to the relieved actress.

The German supermodel was wheeled onto the red carpet by pseudo medics and, as she emerged from under a sheet, photographers, fans and friends were left aghast at the lengths the stunner had gone to.
A big fan of the Halloween holiday, Klum appeared in full body make-up, looking as if her skin had been peeled off.
She said, "I am the visible woman. My inspiration was to be dead, someone without their skin. Basically, the skin is just ripped off."
And Klum wasn't the only celebrity dressing up for Halloween - Kim Kardashian was Batman villainness Poison Ivy for a party in New York, explaining she wanted to wear "something green and still be sexy", and Katherine Heigl went trick or treating around her Los Angeles neighbourhood dressed up as a witch.
Meanwhile, Leah Michele posted photos of herself as Natalie Portman's Black Swan ballet character and Sofia Vergara tweeted snaps of her as an Angry Bird.
Also dressing up for Halloween: Gwen Stefani as Cinderella and Michael Jackson's daughter Paris, who posted a Twitter.com photo of her dressed up as Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger.
And even Arnold Schwarzenegger's teenage love child, Joseph Baena, got into the Halloween spirit at the weekend, showing off the Conan the Barbarian look his father made famous at a Magic Mountain fright night bash in California.

The Glee star has long supported People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) bid to ban horse-drawn carriages in the city and she was horrified to discover a mare collapsed during a walk around Central Park earlier this month (Oct11).
She told her Twitter.com fans, "Just woke up to the saddest news about one of the carriage horses dying the midtown NYC (sic). This has to stop! Please."
Now the actress has personally penned a letter to Bloomberg to urge him to approve a bill replacing the carriages with classic cars.
Michele writes, "As a New York City native, I was saddened to learn from my friends at PETA that one of the horses used by the city's carriage industry collapsed and died in Midtown... It was a tragic end for a beleaguered horse, and such incidents also put vehicles and passersby in danger.
"With the number of horse-drawn carriage accidents and related deaths rising, it's painfully clear that these animals do not belong on busy city streets.
"I urge you to support Intro. 86A, which would replace horse-drawn carriages with safe, vintage-replica electric cars. The eco-friendly 'horseless carriages' would attract tourists with old New York glamour, protect carriage drivers' jobs by offering them first rights to the car medallions, and allow for the approximately 220 horses currently working in the carriage industry to be retired to sanctuaries. Please join other city council members in supporting Intro. 86A."

Glee has stirred up its share of enmity in certain groups with regard to its depiction of homosexuality and sexually active (very sexually active, in some cases) teenagers. However, here's one facet that no one really expected to drum up this much controversy: adoption.
Season Three opened a new storyline for Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron), who has undergone drastic physical and emotional changes. At the inception of the series, Quinn was a popular cheerleader, dating football player Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith). In Season One, Quinn became pregnant with the child of Finn's alleged best friend, Noah Puckerman (Mark Salling), instigating the downward spiral that would become her teen life. Quinn gave the baby up for adoption, in the Season One finale, to recurring guest character Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel), who, just to make things oh-so simple, is actually the birth mother of Quinn's fellow McKinley High Glee club member—and the fourth, very prominent corner of the love quadrangle in which she, Finn and Puck are perpetually involved—Rachel Berry (Lea Michele). And now, over a year and a couple of nervous breakdowns later, Shelby has come to McKinley High to lead a rival Glee club...and just the sight of her makes Quinn decide that she wants her baby back.
In this, adoptive parent groups are taking issue. The primary problem, as voiced by Change.org's Amber Austin, is the perpetuation of the idea that this is something that happens often in situations of adoption. The "I just want my kids back" storyline is one hardly unique to Glee: television shows have found material in this theme for years. Austin expresses that this is a harmful story to expose adopted children to, as it might instigate the fear of being "taken" by their birth parents -- which, of course, is not allowed. It also illustrates a malicious relationship between adoptive and birth parents, which Austin states is just about never the case. Austin extended a plea to creator Ryan Murphy to place a more honest and positive spin on an adoption storyline. She did credit the series for handling issues like racism, homophobia, and prejudices against the handicapped in admirable and progressive lights, and begs for this sort of mentality to be attributed to adoption.
You can read Austin's essay here at Change.org. Glee airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

THIS is the Glee we know and love. THIS is first season magic. THIS is the same kind of stuff that launched me out of my chair in excitement when Rachel belted "Rain on My Parade" at Sectionals. THIS is why we tuned in eagerly and addictively everyday in Season One. It wasn't the drama, the sex, the soap opera madcappery. It was the raw emotion, the coming-into-their-own-ness, the pure talent of all the kids in the Glee club that we were getting to know and love. Season Three, so far, you're coming up roses.
Below, we've got three songs from the upcoming Glee episode, "I Am Unicorn." The first is "Somewhere," a duet between Rachel and her birth mom Shelby (Idina Menzel). The second is Kurt mastering Barbra Streisand's "I'm the Greatest Star." And finally, Blaine singing "Something's Coming" from West Side Story.
"Somewhere"
"I'm the Greatest Star"
"Something's Coming"
Source: AOLTV

Yesterday, a video sprouted from the felt-heavy community of Sesame Street to grace the Internet. Unfortunately, for whatever reason (the Internet works in mysterious ways), it was taken down shortly after. But now it's back. And it's one of the most accurate parodies the educational series has set forth in a while: a parody of Glee.
Sesame Street used Fox's whirlwind series to embrace the episode's theme of the letter "G." The skit actually captures a lot of the characters really closely; fan favorites like Rachel (Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith), Mercedes (Amber Riley), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Artie (Kevin McHale), Brittany (Heather Morris), Quinn(Dianna Agron), Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) are not free from lampoonery. Rachel's obsession with the spotlight, Mercedes' incurable attitude and Brittany's flighty whisper are all mimicked in an affectionate yet funny way. In fact, the puppeteers even got Sue's high-energy mannerisms down to an eerily specific tee. But for all fans of Glee, or of Sesame Street, or of the letter "G," this is an entertaining watch.
Source: TVLine

Glee is a pioneer in the adventurous theory that people like music. In fact, why bother with anything else, like acting or story? The singing talents of the McKinley students stand alone. Taking this into consideration, the Glee Facebook page has released audio tracks of five songs performed by the glee club for our listening pleasure. Included below are a dramatic rendition of "You Can't Stop the Beat" from the John Waters Broadway musical and movie Hairspray, the Go-Gos' "We Got the Beat," "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz, a mashup of the Broadway songs "Anything Goes" and "Anything You Can Do," and Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual."
Glee returns to Fox this Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. ET.
You Can't Stop the Beat
We Got the Beat
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead
Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do
It's Not Unusual
Source: Glee The Music Facebook Page via AOLTV

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Had a starring role in the short-lived UPN television series "Kevin Hill"

Appeared in music videos starring Freddie Jackson

Offered a role in Eddie Murphy's film Harlem Nights (1989); role was dissolved when she spurned his advances and she filed a sexual harassment suit against him; suit was ultimately settled out of court

Played recurring role of a lawyer romanced by a detective (Malik Yoba) in the Fox drama "New York Undercover"

Made appearances in TV commercials for such products as Revlon, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Old Spice

Joined the cast of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" as Detective Rene Sheppard for the final season

Appeared in "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"

Guest-starred on an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," directed by her previous "ER" co-star Eric La Salle

Cast as the fighter's wife Veronica in the biopic "Ali", about boxer Muhammed Ali

Starred in the NBC miniseries "Trade Winds"

Had leading role in "The Sixth Man"

Summary

Actress Michael Michele excelled in roles that belied her beauty and poise, frequently finding herself cast as strong-willed attorneys, doctors and police detectives. Michele initially garnered notoriety in director-star Mario Van Peebles' gritty blaxploitation movie "New Jack City" (1991). From there, it was on to a brief starring role on the adventure series "Dangerous Curves" (CBS, 1992-93) and a recurring character throughout the first season of the urban crime drama, "New York Undercover" (Fox, 1994-98). Demonstrating an aptitude for playing professional women in the public service sector, Michele took on roles on two of the most acclaimed programs of the day - first, as Det. Rene Sheppard on "Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC, 1993-99), followed by three seasons as Dr. Cleo Finch on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009). With the increased recognition came more parts in feature films, most notably as Veronica Porsche Ali, former wife of "The Greatest" opposite Will Smith in director Michael Mann's biopic, "Ali" (2001). Other film appearances included supporting work in the grim L.A. cop-drama "Dark Blue" (2002) and the romantic-comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003). The actress was also seen on the short-lived legal-drama "Kevin Hill" (UPN, 2004-05), followed by several recurring appearances on such series as "Gossip Girl" (The CW, 2007- ) in 2011. Michele ably projected inner-resolve and mental toughness to each of her deceptively attractive characters.

Education

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Howard Roosa Elementary School

Notes

Michele was named after a woman--her mother's best friend, who was named Michael Ann.

"I come from a family that is not entertainment oriented--my mother works in pharmaceuticals, my father is a businessman, my sister works in banking and finance--but it was a dream and I spent a lot of time going to the theatre. I used to sneak into the Negro Ensemble Theatre and put my name on the audition list thinking, I want to be part of these stage productions." --Michael Michele in VENICE, April 1997

"As an African American woman your opportunities are so slim that you really struggle to find good roles. So when you're offered a role on a primetime series, do you turn it down because you know you'll struggle against just being an extension of the boyfriend? No, you don't. You get into the trenches and you make it work." --Michael Michele

"I was delighted to hire her. When she came in and first read for Veronica, she was able to hit that in-between 'not performance' part. She's a very authentic actress." -Director Michael Mann (Ali)